Category Archives: Occupy Wall Street

Little Caesar’s bid to buy the presidency

Posted on December 5, 2019 by oddmanout215

This video is remarkable, asked about US a greenhouse gas emissions compared to China, Michael Bloomberg goes into a full throated defence of the regime in Beijing on the environment, on their lack of democracy. I can’t believe how bad … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, environmentalism, Great Recession, history, humor, mainstream media, movies, Occupy Wall Street, plutocracy, Wall Street | Tagged Donald Trump, Little Caesar, MAGA, Michael Bloomberg, weath tax, Xi Jinping | 1 Comment

Jon Stewart, the Rodney King of TV pundits

Posted on February 11, 2015 by oddmanout215

Elias Isquith on Jon Stewart: It’s the shallowness of Stewart’s politics that leads to his other notable weakness as a political pundit… his tendency to fall prey to the trap of blaming “both sides.” Exactly. Stewart will end his run … Continue reading →

Posted in Great Recession, humor, mid-term elections, Occupy Wall Street | Tagged "The Daily Show", fake news, false equivalency, Jon Stewart, Paul Krugman, Rally to Restore Sanity, Rodney KIng | Leave a comment

Regarding Coca-Cola (corporate America’s rotgut)

Posted on February 12, 2014 by oddmanout215

I recently discussed with my friend Swamp Rabbit the sappy Coca-Cola commercial that features, as Guardian UK put it, “a multi-lingual rendition of ‘America the Beautiful’ sung by children and illustrated with a diversity of New Americana scenes…” The usual … Continue reading →

Posted in arts, campaign finance reform, Congress, down and out, globalization, humor, mainstream media, movies, Occupy Wall Street, plutocracy, The New Depression, world-wide economy | Tagged Coca-Cola, David Itzkoff, Howard Beale, Paddy Chayevsky, Super Bowl commercial, swamp rabbit | 4 Comments

‘Ever-so-gentle rabble-rouser’ Pete Seeger dies

Posted on January 28, 2014 by oddmanout215

I was away from the swamp, stealing potatoes at the local Super Fridge, when I heard about Pete Seeger. This will be a rough day, I thought. Swamp Rabbit is an old leftie with a soft spot for New Deal-influenced … Continue reading →

Posted in arts, Great Depression, history, humor, mainstream media, Obama, Occupy Wall Street, pop music, The New Depression | Tagged blacklist, Bob Dylan, John Hammond, New Deal, Pete Seeger, This Land Is Your Land, Woody Guthrie | 7 Comments

Where were you when poverty became acceptable?

Posted on November 25, 2013 by oddmanout215

I’ve been thinking of JFK and of those hard-luck cases who work at places like McDonald’s and Walmart. (There but for the grace of God and the wearing of a clown uniform go I.) Those who are old enough can … Continue reading →

Posted in down and out, economic collapse, globalization, Occupy Wall Street, The New Depression, unemployment | Tagged class war, income gap, JFK, one-sided class war, Walmart, working class denial, working class taboo | Leave a comment

In today’s U.S.A., Ellsberg would be deep-sixed

Posted on July 16, 2013 by oddmanout215

Regarding a convergence of stories about truth tellers: Last week I watched The Most Dangerous Man in America (2009), about Daniel Ellsberg’s decision to shred the web of lies spun by government officials in their successful effort to pursue full-scale … Continue reading →

Posted in history, mainstream media, New York Times, Occupy Wall Street, police state | Tagged Andrew Ross Sorkin, Daniel Ellsberg, David Gregory, Edward Snowden, Pentagon Papers, police state, The Most Dangerous Man Alive | Leave a comment

There will be blood (or more apathy)

Posted on February 19, 2013 by oddmanout215

There’s nothing new about eras in which the rich grow richer as the majority slips into the ditch. Or about gilded ages being followed by periods in which worker incomes rise. In between are those interesting chapters in which the … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, globalization, Great Depression, history, mainstream media, Occupy Wall Street, The New Depression, unemployment | Tagged FDR, New Deal, Peter Turchin, Secular Cycles, Sergey Nefedov | Leave a comment

Warren vs. Wall Street (and Obama)

Posted on September 8, 2012 by oddmanout215

There is an amazing disconnect between Elizabeth Warren and the man for whom she gave her excellent speech Wednesday night at the big Democratic pep rally: “People feel like the system is rigged against them,” Warren said. “And here’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in Obama, Occupy Wall Street, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged acceptance speech, Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, Elizabeth Warren, James Fallows, New Deal, Tim Geithner | 1 Comment

Moyers: ‘You can only push your subjects so far’

Posted on July 12, 2012 by oddmanout215

Earlier this week, Mitt Romney and his handlers flaunted the Republican Party’s contempt for the 99 percent by holding several fund-raisers in the Hamptons, one of them at the estate of billionaire right-wing activist David Koch. This classic “let them … Continue reading →

Posted in campaign finance reform, Great Recession, history, Mitt Romney, Occupy Wall Street, The New Depression, unemployment | Tagged Bill Moyers, Citizens United, David Koch, Romney fund-raisers, the Hamptons | 1 Comment

Wall Street creep of the week

Posted on May 17, 2012 by oddmanout215

Even the grimmest fiction seems less depressing than many real-life news stories. For example, there’s that poor man in California who killed himself Sunday after a long, unsuccessful fight to avoid being evicted from his home by Wells Fargo, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Great Recession, Obama, Occupy Wall Street, Wall Street | 1 Comment